The Veterans Affairs Department and the Markle Foundation are promoting "blue button" applications that would allow patients to download their personal medical data from providers and insurers.

Momentum is building for giving patients easier access to their records by clicking a "blue button" on a secure website. Starting this fall, military veterans served by the U.S. Department of Veterans ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced Tuesday that it is offering a $50,000 prize to the first team that builds a personal health record using the Blue Button download format – and ...

In August 2010, President Obama told veterans they soon would be able to go to the Veterans Affairs Department website, “click a simple blue button, download or print your personal health records so ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- RelayHealth, McKesson’s connectivity business, has been named the winner of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) “Blue Button for All Americans” contest. RelayHealth ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today it is offering a $50,000 prize to the first team that builds a personal health record (PHR) using the Blue Button℠ ...